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Biometric Update regularly publishes news regarding the term "data protection." The following list of links is available to assist you with finding biometrics news concerning "data protection" and other relevant terms. More topics may be perused by reviewing our complete Biometrics Topics list.

 

U.S. businesses using biometrics need to monitor congressional action as proposal imposes privacy obligations

Despite the unlikelihood that the National Biometric Information Privacy Act recently tabled by U.S. Senators Merkley and Sanders will pass, the…

 

Facial recognition lessons for the private sector from the South Wales police case

In response to the successful appeal against the legality of South Wales Police’s use of facial biometrics for automated public identification,…

 

Home Office signs £7M deal with IBM to build controversial biometric database

UK’s Home Office has signed a £7 million (US $9.2 million) contract with IBM to work with law enforcement in…

 

Data exposure spotlights ongoing questions about web scrapers and face biometrics

Sections of the web-scraping industry closely resemble the sketchier corners of the search engine optimization community with a couple big…

 

Unisys provides biometric authentication for rapid COVID-19 testing solution

Unisys and Inspire Health Alliance have formed a relationship to support COVID-19 testing with biometric authentication, according to a company announcement….

 

Get past scary privacy stats to focus on strong data supply chains

At this point in digital time, companies are either converts to data ethics or they are betting they will get…

 

Hamburg data protection commissioner demands answers on biometric dataset from Clearview AI

An administrative order on information regarding the biometric processing of personal data has been issued against Clearview AI and its…

 

Mühlbauer biometric tax ID cards for Congo, beta app problems for Africa’s largest digital ID system

Nigeria’s biometrics-backed ID ambitions have taken another twist as more people try the new government app to manage their identities…

 

Impact of Facebook $650 million Patel BIPA settlement

By David J. Oberly, Biometric Privacy & Data Privacy Attorney The original $550 million figure and Judge Donato’s response In…

 

Will consumers always trade privacy for perks? Researchers say no

New research indicates that privacy might not be the quasi-legal tender that data brokers would have society believe it is….

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